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This post presents the third and final part of Chapter Five of Abhinavagupta's The Essence of the Tantras. This part of Chapter Five teaches, in code, the ‘secret’ Heart-mantra of the Trika, the bīja of Goddess Parādevī.
The final part of Abhinavagupta’s The Essence of the Tantras chapter four, this section contains some of his most exquisite verses.
Chapter Four of Abhinavagupta’s masterpiece, “The Essence of the Tantras” continues: this section features the initial revelation of the Twelve Kālīs, perhaps the most sublime and secret teaching of nondual Tantra.
The third and final part of Chapter Three of Abhinavagupta’s Tantrasāra teaches us about the relationship between the fundamental powers of Awareness and human language, and introduces the doctrine of enlivened mantras.
